We Sproutpeople have been selling sprouts and seeds since 1993. Our most popular sprouting seeds and supplies also happen to be our personal favorites. Most everyone will find everything they need right here. This is great stuff!

Microgreens are the cutting edge in Sproutville. Small seeds that are grown into tiny plants - to the cotyledon or true leaf stage - make a gorgeous crop. This is the miniest vegetable gardening ever! Very cool!

Leafy Sprouts are our name for Alfalfa and Clover type sprouts. We have the most amazing mixes of leafy sprout seeds on our small planet. We incorporate amazing flavors like Arugula, Onion, Cress, Garlic, Celery, Mustard, and more.

The most famous sprout in America? In 1997 doctors discovered that Broccoli Sprouts can have 50 times the anti-oxidant content of mature broccoli! Mild flavor, mild crunch, big time nutrition, and a whole bunch of antioxidants. Eat you

Nuts, Seeds and Pseudograin Sprouts are some of the most delicious of all sprouts. They are usually the fastest sprouts to grow and are almost too easy. Our Oats & Groats Breakfast Blend is a life changer, and then there's.....

Brassica Sprouts contain high levels of the antioxidant sulfurophane - especially Broccoli Sprouts. Learn about and experience the joys of sprouting these amazing seeds which range from sweet to spicy in flavor.

Growing your own Grass is fun & quite easy. We provide detailed instructions - both written and video - for growing your own Wheat Grass, Barley Grass, Cat Grass, and other grass. Great for smoothies, juicing and decoration too.

Grain Sprouts are fast and easy to grow. Grain Sprouts are all sweet and lend themselves to recipes from breakfast to breads - and beyond. We have a couple really wonderful Grain Sprout Mixes you've got

Greens are our name for the edible plant grown from larger seeds which are planted on a growing medium, like soil. Sunflower Greens, Pea Shoots and Buckwheat Lettuce are the most famous, but there are even more.

Hard Winter Wheat Almost always Red and almost always from Nebraska. Always Absolutely Great Seed! THE Nectar of the Gods! The ultimate blood purifier, Wheatgrass Juice is the closest thing there is to blood itself!

Mild flavor, mild crunch, big time nutrition, and easy to grow. Alfalfa is historically the best know sprout in the U.S.A. Alfalfa produces a deep green leaf and lends itself to salads, sandwiches, and snacks (ie - a ha

A profoundly slippery (mucilaginous) seed when wet. Most famous thanks to Chia Pets. Chia is the pets "fur". Chia is very nutritious and is easy to grow as a Micro-Green, but can also be grown as a sprout, or the seeds can be used in smoo

Your non-human family members enjoy and benefit from sprouts and grass too. Our dogs and cats have long eaten our offerings and they are the healthiest “pets” we’ve ever had. Get your entire family into the act =:-)

We have quite a few (some might say too many) Kits and Samplers. Some are specific to a type of crop or a type of sprout. These are all for Sprouts, but they will let you experience some of our enormous variety of sprouting seeds.

Brassica is the Latin name for the Cabbage family. Brassica Sprouts have something more than the typical excellent nutrition found in sprouts. They have antioxidants galore. Especially Broccoli Sprouts. Try them. You'll like them.

We love seeds and we both went to art school, so making tasty and visually appealing combos pleases us. Our prettiest mixes use Beans as they offer the greatest visual diversity. Here you will find pretty beans and great sprouters to grow them in.

A Kit is some seeds and something to grow them in. A Sampler is several packages of seeds so you can try a variety of sprouts. Here you will find our Grain Sprout Kit and Sampler. There are a some amazing things in the grain world.

Here you will find Kits & Samplers to explore our offerings of Grass (for humans and 4 legged beings) and Greens. All of these crops require planting seed on a growing medium (included with the Kits). It's different then growing sprouts, but it's fun.

Micro-Greens are the cutting edge in Sproutville. We offer a Sampler and a Kit so that you too can know the thrill of growing small seeds into tiny plants. This is gardening taken to its tiniest stage.

There aren't a lot of things you need in order to produce and enjoy sprouts, but there are a few items that make it easier for sprouts to change your life. De-hull, dehydrate, or blend. Here you will find such items.

Juicers are a fantastic addition to a kitchen. There's nothing like FRESH JUICE! All of our offerings are extracting juicers as they are needed for juicing grass, but most will juice a whole lot of fruits and vegetables. This can chang

When you want to grow a crop of Grass, Greens or Micro-Greens - you need something to plant upon, and maybe something to fertilize your crop with. Here you will find such - Growing Mediums and Fertilizer.

There's no better way to derive all the nutritional benefits of sprouts then by masticating them, one chew at a time. But life gets so busy sometimes. If you can't make the time to grow your sprouts, you can still get some serious nutrition, right here.

We offer a couple kinds of bags. A Hemp Bag (which is made by hand here in San Francisco) which is a wonderful thing to grow sprouts in, and a Produce Storage Bag which extends the shelf life of your finished crop and other veggies.

No book can teach you how to grow sprouts as well as our site, but a book is a grand thing you can hold. Music doesn't educate you in sprouting, but is a great benefit to growing plants. This section of our site guides you to these items.

We love dogs even more than we love sprouts. They are much more cuddly are they not? We worked with our vet to blend this mix so that we could incorporate raw sprouts into our 4-leggers diet. We are happy to share it with you and yours.

Little creatures - like the big ones - need fresh greens, so we made it easy for those of you with the tiny folk to grow them some grass. Guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, bunnies, you know who you are - Eat your greens.

Growing Brown Rice Sprouts

Soak
The amount of time your seeds should soak in cool water. Soaking is how we begin the sprouting process in most cases.4 - 24 hours

Rinse / Drain
How often your seeds should be watered. Rinsing thoroughly and then draining as much water as possible are key components to growing great sprouts.2 times per day

Harvest
The time it takes to grow a finished Sprout, or other crop (Micro-Greens, Grass, Greens) from a dry Seed. Note: This "finished" Sprout is our preference. you may grow them for as long as you want! In fact, we suggest that you taste them at every rinse to discover when you like them best.2 - 4 days

Yield
The amount of Sprouts, Grass, Greens or Micro-Greens produced by 1 unit of Seed. For Example 2:1 means that 1 pound of Seed will produce 2 pounds of Sprouts or whatever crop you are growing. You do not have to grow them all at once of course, unless you wish to =:-D1.5 to 1

Sprouted Brown Rice may need to be cooked (it's too tough when raw - for us anyway) - but it is faster to cook and tastier too, and of course more nutritious.
We offer 4 Rices! Brown - usually Short Grain, Red Thai, Wehani, and Wild. Try them all. Mix 'em up. Rice is nice. @:-)

Prep 2/3 cup of seed* then transfer (if necessary) into a bowl or into your Sprouter.
Add 2-3 times as much cool (60°-70°) water.
Mix seeds up to assure even water contact for all.
Allow seeds to Soak for 4-24 hours. (read Rice Note directly below for specifics on the Rice you are sprouting.)

Rice Note: ANYtime we soak ANY seed for longer than 12 hours, we change the water. when your first 12 hours is done: Drain off the soak water, Rinse the seeds and refill with fresh water. Continue soaking. It is extremely rare to soak longer than 12 hours,
but Brown Rice is a seed that can usually take it. We suggest that you try your first batch with a 12 hour Soak and see how you like the results. You can try the longer Soak on future crops. That way you'll know the differences and which you prefer.
Wehani and Red Thai will sprout well after an 8-12 hour Soak.
Wild Rice will split after a short Soak and frankly, we've never seen a sprout on it, but it is SO GOOD we don't care. We Soak it for about 4 hours. It is the one rice we actually eat raw.
It is still plenty chewy, but it's quite good. Lori loves it!

Empty the seeds into your Sprouter (if necessary).
Drain off the soak water.
You may water plants or use it in stock if you like - it has nutrients in it.
Rinse thoroughly with cool (60°-70°) water.
Drain thoroughly!

Set your Sprouter anywhere out of direct sunlight and at room temperature (70° is optimal) between Rinses.
This is where your sprouts do their growing. We use a counter top - in the corner of our kitchen, but where the sprouter won't get knocked over by cats, dogs, kids or us.
We don't mind the indirect sunlight or the 150 watts of incandescent light, because light just does not matter much.
A plant can only perform photosynthesis when it has leaves. Until then light has little if any effect. Sprouts also happen to like air-circulation, so don't hide your sprouts.

Rinse and Drain again in 8-12 hours.
And, perhaps one more...
Rinse and Drain in 8-12 hours.
And, if you like one more...
Rinse and Drain in 8-12 hours.

We usually stop here (or sooner if we have roots). We like our rice sprouts small (actually we don't even care if rice sprouts. A bulging germ is more than good enough for us.
Once a seed takes in its fill of water it is alive and therefore nutritionally superior.

Harvest
Your sprouts are done 8-12 hours after your final Rinse.
Be sure to Drain them as thoroughly as possible after that final Rinse.
The goal during the final 8-12 hours is to minimize the surface moisture of your sprouts - they will store best in your refrigerator if they are dry to the touch.

Refrigerate
Transfer the sprout crop to a plastic bag or the sealed container of your choice.
We have Produce Storage Bags that will extend shelf life substantially.

* If using Sproutpeople's Single Harvest Pack - use the whole bag. It will produce a crop of approximately 8 ounces.

These seeds yield approximately 1.5:1 - which means the sprouts will weigh one-and-one-half times as much as the seed you start with, so you can theoretically start with 2/3 as much dry seed as your Sprouter's capacity, though we always suggest you
leave more room - especially when you are new to a crop.

Rice is best stored in a cool location - at Sproutpeople, we keep it in a freezer. If you plan on storing it for more than 3 months you should use a cool location, because, it is, on ocassion pleasing to a particular pest - the Indian Meal Moth, which can appear out of
nowhere when conditions are right (hot). These are organic seeds after all, so there is no other way to keep your seeds absolutely safe, except to freeze them. Consider yourself a tad smarter =:-}